Admission Requirements
College of Medicine Internal Medicine
 
Master's Degree Program in Bioethics
and
Medical Humanities

 

Admission Requirements 
 

Applicants to the Master's Degree Program in Bioethics and Medical Humanities will be required to meet all requirements for admission established by the Graduate School at USF, including:

 

  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or equivalent degree from a regionally accredited university, with a "B" (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) average or better in all work attempted while registered as an upper division student working toward a baccalaureate degree; AND
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score (GMAT or MCAT score maybe substituted for GRE); OR
  • An equivalent measure approved by the Board of Trustees, taken within five years preceding application. 

Applicants to the program will be expected to have some competency in basic research design and methods (either qualitative or quantitative) that will be determined from student transcripts.  Students who do not meet this prerequisite will be encouraged to enroll in USF courses that provide this foundation.

 
 

Program Admission Deadlines:

Spring: OPEN    Summer: OPEN     Fall: OPEN

 
 
Application Information:
 
Since the MABMH is a Direct Receipt Program, all application materials are sent directly to our office. See address below.
 
Please be sure to send the following:
Graduate Application - Online
Application Fee - Online
Florida Residency Classification Form
GPA Worksheet
Legal Disclosure Form
Letters of Recommendation (1-3 accepted)
2 Official Transcripts
GRE test scores
Personal Statement - discuss how this degree program will meet your academic and career goals
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Students who apply online and pay with a credit card still need to send hard copies of additional application materials (transcripts, GRE scores, letters of recommendation and personal statement) to the following:
 
Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
Department of Internal Medicine
University of South Florida
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 19
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
 
All admissions forms are available at http://www.grad.usf.edu/newsite/admissions/grad_app.asp
 
For complete graduate admissions information please visit http://www.grad.usf.edu/newsite/admissions/main.asp
 
Remember to keep a copy of everything that you mail in to our office.
 
Contact Information:
Barbara Pearce
Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
813-974-5300
813-974-5460 (fax)